Tiger Jones Explained

Ralph Jones
Weight:	Middleweight
Birth Date:	14 March 1928
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	Queens, New York, U.S.
Style:	Orthodox
Total:	89
Wins:	52
Ko:	13
Losses:	32
Draws:	5
No Contests:	0

Ralph "Tiger" Jones (March 14, 1928 – August 20, 1994) was a boxer during the 1950s. Trained by Gil Clancy, Jones was a fixture of televised boxing in the 1950s, known for an aggressive style that pleased fans. His overall record was 52 victories, 32 losses and five draws.

He became a professional boxer in 1950. In 1955 he scored an upset over Sugar Ray Robinson. Robinson was highly favored in the fight, which was Robinson's second during a comeback. That was only one of his wins against top-level fighters of that era. He also beat Joey Giardello and Kid Gavilán (both these fighters were world champions at one time and, in other fights, also defeated Jones). Fighters to whom he lost include world champions Gene Fullmer, Johnny Saxton, Paul Pender, and Carl "Bobo" Olson. In all, he fought six world champions on ten occasions.^[1]

After he retired, Jones drove a cab and worked for a canning company. He was survived by three sons and two grandchildren.

Professional boxing record

	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location
89	Loss	52–32–5	László Papp	PTS	10	Feb 21, 1962
88	Loss	52–31–5	Joe DeNucci	UD	10	Jan 23, 1962
87	Win	52–30–5	Duane Horsman	UD	10	May 17, 1961
86	Loss	51–30–5	Rocky Fumerelle	UD	10	Apr 25, 1961
85	Draw	51–29–5	Joe DeNucci	PTS	10	Feb 24, 1961
84	Loss	51–29–4	Joey Giambra	UD	10	Dec 6, 1960
83	Loss	51–28–4	Marcel Pigou	MD	10	Nov 5, 1960
82	Win	51–27–4	Joe DeNucci	UD	10	Apr 29, 1960
81	Win	50–27–4	Willie Greene	TKO	7 (10)	Mar 28, 1960
80	Loss	49–27–4	Wilf Greaves	UD	10	Feb 3, 1960
79	Win	49–26–4	Victor Zalazar	MD	10	Jun 26, 1959
78	Loss	48–26–4	Joey Giambra	UD	10	May 18, 1959
77	Loss	48–25–4	Paul Pender	UD	10	Mar 17, 1959
76	Win	48–24–4	Joey Giardello	SD	10	Jan 28, 1959
75	Loss	47–24–4	Rory Calhoun	UD	10	Dec 15, 1958
74	Win	47–23–4	Rory Calhoun	UD	10	Nov 21, 1958
73	Win	46–23–4	Mickey Crawford	TKO	10 (10)	Sep 10, 1958
72	Loss	45–23–4	Jim Hegerle	UD	10	May 17, 1958
71	Loss	45–22–4	Kid Gavilan	SD	10	Apr 4, 1958
70	Win	45–21–4	Kid Gavilan	SD	10	Feb 19, 1958
69	Loss	44–21–4	Joey Giardello	UD	10	Dec 27, 1957
68	Loss	44–20–4	Willie Vaughn	UD	10	Nov 29, 1957
67	Loss	44–19–4	Del Flanagan	UD	10	Aug 24, 1957
66	Loss	44–18–4	Gene Fullmer	UD	10	Jun 7, 1957
65	Draw	44–17–4	Joe Gray	PTS	10	Apr 25, 1957
64	Win	44–17–3	Chico Vejar	MD	10	Apr 12, 1957
63	Win	43–17–3	Arthur King	UD	10	Mar 25, 1957
62	Win	42–17–3	Hardy Smallwood	UD	10	Jan 18, 1957
61	Loss	41–17–3	Charles Humez	PTS	10	Nov 19, 1956
60	Win	41–16–3	Wilf Greaves	SD	10	Sep 13, 1956
59	Win	40–16–3	Jesse Turner	UD	10	Jul 30, 1956
58	Loss	39–16–3	Gene Fullmer	UD	10	Apr 20, 1956
57	Win	39–15–3	Charles Humez	SD	10	Mar 23, 1956
56	Win	38–15–3	Tony Baldoni	KO	6 (10)	Feb 8, 1956
55	Loss	37–15–3	Johnny Saxton	UD	10	Nov 9, 1955
54	Win	37–14–3	Al Andrews	UD	10	Oct 12, 1955
53	Win	36–14–3	Chris Christensen	UD	10	Sep 23, 1955
52	Win	35–14–3	Ernie Durando	TKO	6 (10)	Jun 16, 1955
51	Loss	34–14–3	Eduardo Lausse	UD	10	May 13, 1955
50	Win	34–13–3	Georgie Johnson	TKO	5 (10)	Apr 8, 1955
49	Loss	33–13–3	Bobo Olson	UD	10	Feb 16, 1955
48	Win	33–12–3	Sugar Ray Robinson	UD	10	Jan 19, 1955
47	Loss	32–12–3	Peter Mueller	SD	10	Dec 4, 1954
46	Loss	32–11–3	Hector Constance	MD	10	Nov 12, 1954
45	Loss	32–10–3	Joey Giardello	UD	10	Sep 24, 1954
44	Loss	32–9–3	Pedro Gonzales	SD	10	May 24, 1954
43	Loss	32–8–3	Jacques Royer Crecy	UD	10	May 14, 1954
42	Win	32–7–3	Billy McNeece	UD	10	Apr 5, 1954
41	Win	31–7–3	Bobby Dykes	TKO	10 (10)	Mar 8, 1954
40	Loss	30–7–3	Kid Gavilan	UD	10	Aug 26, 1953
39	Win	30–6–3	Danny Womber	UD	10	Jun 27, 1953
38	Win	29–6–3	Mickey Laurent	UD	10	Jun 8, 1953
37	Win	28–6–3	Rocky Tomasello	UD	10	May 19, 1953
36	Win	27–6–3	Jimmy Herring	UD	10	May 1, 1953
35	Draw	26–6–3	Danny Womber	PTS	10	Mar 16, 1953
34	Win	26–6–2	Danny Womber	SD	10	Feb 17, 1953
33	Win	25–6–2	Marvin Edelman	TKO	9 (10)	Feb 9, 1953
32	Loss	24–6–2	Rocky Castellani	SD	10	Jan 1, 1953
31	Win	24–5–2	Johnny Bratton	UD	10	Dec 5, 1952
30	Win	23–5–2	Mike Koballa	UD	8	Oct 30, 1952
29	Loss	22–5–2	Johnny Saxton	SD	10	Oct 3, 1952
28	Win	22–4–2	Sal DiMartino	UD	8	Sep 22, 1952
27	Loss	21–4–2	Jimmy Herring	UD	8	Aug 18, 1952
26	Win	21–3–2	Mike Koballa	UD	8	Apr 26, 1952
25	Win	20–3–2	Tommy Bazzano	SD	8	Apr 1, 1952
24	Loss	19–3–2	Rocky Castellani	PTS	8	Mar 8, 1952
23	Win	19–2–2	Tommy Bazzano	SD	8	Feb 9, 1952
22	Win	18–2–2	Bobby Lloyd	SD	8	Jan 26, 1952
21	Draw	17–2–2	Bobby Lloyd	PTS	8	Jan 10, 1952
20	Win	17–2–1	Phil Rizzo	TKO	7 (8)	Dec 8, 1951
19	Draw	16–2–1	Sal DiMartino	PTS	8	Nov 8, 1951
18	Win	16–2	Bob Stecher	UD	10	Oct 4, 1951
17	Win	15–2	Roy Carter	KO	1 (8)	May 16, 1951
16	Win	14–2	Waddell Hanna	PTS	6	Apr 24, 1951
15	Win	13–2	Ronnie Hopp	PTS	6	Apr 7, 1951
14	Win	12–2	Al Niang	PTS	6	Mar 20, 1951
13	Win	11–2	Armand Michaud	KO	2 (6)	Mar 10, 1951
12	Loss	10–2	Herbie Hayes	PTS	6	Feb 27, 1951
11	Win	10–1	Tommy McGowan	PTS	6	Feb 20, 1951
10	Loss	9–1	Henry Burroughs	TKO	1 (6)	Jan 13, 1951
9	Win	9–0	Tommy McGowan	PTS	6	Dec 9, 1950
8	Win	8–0	Henry Burroughs	PTS	4	Nov 18, 1950
7	Win	7–0	Herbert Ely	PTS	4	Nov 4, 1950
6	Win	6–0	James Burgos	KO	2 (4)	Oct 31, 1950
5	Win	5–0	Kelly Duncan	PTS	4	Oct 23, 1950
4	Win	4–0	George Holzman	TKO	5 (6)	Oct 11, 1950
3	Win	3–0	Jimmy Dillon	PTS	4	Oct 3, 1950
2	Win	2–0	Gus Pompino	KO	4 (4)	Jun 7, 1950
1	Win	1–0	Jimmy Garcia	PTS	4	May 27, 1950

References

1. He never had a title fight, however.